--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [I wrote] > > --- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snippage> > > > Goodness, this is complicated. > > > > Well, according to what He said to the > Libertarians, > > that might be a good thing, a sign of growing > maturity - like teenage acne! :) > > I nominate this for Most Depressing Analogy of 2002.
For your cheerful perusal: "This is a view of bureaucracy and regulation that you've probably never seen or heard before -- that the excessive rules we face today are like pimples on the face of a gangly adolescent. An awkward phase in the inexorable forward march of a civilization that may actually know what it's doing. One that is making pretty good progress along a very difficult road. Talk about optimistic!" (page 4 from:) http://www.kithrup.com/brin/libertarianarticle1.html Be Glad I Didn't Use Lancing A Perirectal Abcess As My Analogy Maru ;) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
